UT-Legislative budget negotiators targeting school funding and state employee increases

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UT-Legislative budget negotiators targeting school funding and state employee increases

Legislative budget negotiators targeting school funding and state employee increases

Legislative budget negotiators targeting school funding and state employee increases

The “big rocks” of the state budget are starting to come together.

Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, who is the Senate chair of the powerful Executive Appropriations Committee, says they’re starting to move the big budget items in place.

Education funding once again stands to get a substantial boost in funding. Stevenson says they’re hoping to increase the WPU, which is the basic school funding measure, by close to 4%.

Source: utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/15955-legislative-budget-negotiators-targeting-school-funding-and-state-employee-increases

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